A few more announcements today regarding the "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!" TV event coming up Dec. 3. In addition to the previously announced lineup, Mariah Carey is now scheduled to perform on the show, and much ballyhooed country phenom Taylor Swift is now on board as a co-host.

Singer Santogold and rapper Spank Rock perform during the mtvU Woodie Awards on Wednesday in New York.(Jason DeCrow/AP)

Perhaps accurately representing the iPod generation, no one artist or genre dominated at the 2008 MTVu Woodie Awards, held Nov. 12 at New York's Roseland Ballroom.

Motion City Soundtrack kicked off the night by winning the Video of the Year Woodie for ''It had to be You.'' They were followed by indie rappers Atmosphere, who picked up the Performance Woodie. Eighties revivalists Chromeo took home the Left Field Woodie, while NYU band the Bride Wore Black won for Best Music on Campus.

Juanes holds his five awards backstage at the 9th annual Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday in Houston.(David J. Phillip/AP)

By MONICA RHOR

HOUSTON -- On a night when the theme of change and cultural fusion echoed in lyrics, performances and acceptance speeches, a Colombian rocker who's become a voice for social issues walked away as king of the Latin Grammys.

We left the theater after seeing Oliver Stone's "W." biopic feeling pretty sad, actually. Sure, we chuckled a few times -- if you don't laugh at this debacle, you cry -- but the dramatic narrative of a doofus elevated to a kingship was, in the end, kinda depressing.

The makers of the film, however, hope you concentrate on the chuckles. They're entering it for Golden Globes consideration as a comedy.

Robert Downey Jr. stands near a life-size "Iron Man" during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan.(AP file)

First, Dave Karger, a blogger at Entertainment Weekly collected a round of early Oscar picks -- actors to watch in the upcoming race. The list includes Frank Langella as Tricky Dick in the still-to-be-released "Frost/Nixon" and Sean Penn in "Milk," opening later this month.

Then, another bunch of Oscar watchers slammed Karger for his list. ...